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UnderwaterExotic
10/22/2004, 10:22 PM
I am currently in the process of setting up a 180 LPS tank and am wanting to knoe dome questions. I currently have 2 soft coral tanks and they are doing awesome. My question is what are soe of the more "Hardier" of the LPS and will 6 72" VHO be enough light for these corals. Also can i put some of my larger soft coral in the tank with the LPS. Thank you!
Julio
10/22/2004, 10:30 PM
yes that will be enough lighting, but i would go with T5s are they last twice as long as VHOs and will put out the same intensity if not higher than the VHOs. Frog spawn, Blastomussa and colt corals are some of the hardy ones, also leather corals.
UnderwaterExotic
10/23/2004, 07:25 PM
da da da.... anyone else?
milhouse74
10/23/2004, 08:30 PM
An open brain would do well in that lighting, so would galaxia, hammer, candy cane, most would be good. Good water quality and lighting, and most read MOST LPS are pretty easy.

David
Narkon
10/25/2004, 02:24 PM
With T-5s should you be able to keep all of the LPSs? I didn't know of any that require more lighting than that. The reason I am asking is that our next tank my wife would like it not to be MH, so was thinking of going T-5 or VHO.

Nathan
milhouse74
10/25/2004, 06:11 PM
6 VHO would keep any LPS as well, he was also looking for suggestions of "HARDIER" LPS which is what lead me to give specific names.

VHO at 72" is 160 watt a piece. Thats 960 watts, you could keep anything LPS under that.
UnderwaterExotic
10/25/2004, 07:44 PM
thanksmilhouse 74 i see you knw what i am talking about!!
JENnKerry
11/19/2004, 07:20 AM
That lighting is fine. We have 6x96 watt PCs for our 125. You'll have no lighting issues.
chwattscaw
11/24/2004, 07:25 PM
Are MH too much for LPS?
milhouse74
11/24/2004, 11:09 PM
I have a 20L with a 250 Watt HQI MH setup, and I am 90% LPS, brains and blastos and such. Everything is thriving. My hammer colored up like no other with this setup. I keep the light a little higher then most, but I dont think too much.

Tank is happy happy though.

David
MarineTeng
11/26/2004, 01:52 AM
tongue coral is easy, i've got one in the corner of my tank at the bottom of a 55 gallon with 4x65watt pc's and it's doing great, just have to feed it everyonce and a while with a small chunk of food, really helps color,